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• Nicolas Winding Refn's Too Old to Die Young Is Long, Neon-Drenched, and Kind of Gross

  17-06-2019 23:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned Lannamann Amazon Prime VideoYou are correct to be apprehensive about director Nicolas Winding Refn’s first foray into episodic television. A moody, neon-lit noir about a cop (Miles Teller) mucking his way through the crime world’s underbelly, Too Old to Die Young sounds daunting and dull—its 10 episodes, save one, all clock in between 60 and 90 minutes, and it consists of long stretches of ponderous slow-talk punctuated by bursts of ultra-violence. Refs is one of those d
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: A Bravura Cover of Harry Nilsson's "Down" off Sean Nelson's Tribute LP to the Tragic Hitmaker

  17-06-2019 23:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Ex-Harvey Danger singer Sean Nelson released his long-gestating Nilsson tribute LP, and it was worth the wait; hear "Down" and get uplifted.by Dave SegalNelson jumps into the fire of Nilsson's tormented genius. Design by Evan Sult, from elements of the 1865 satirical novel The Loyal Man in the Moon, author/artist unknown
  Sean Nelson, "Down" (self-released)
  Eighteen years in the making, Nelson Sings Nilsson is Sean Nelson's elaborate labor of lust to the ornately melodious songbook of Harry Nilss
  
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• The 54 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: June 17-23, 2019

  17-06-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWest Side Story, one of the most famous musicals of all time, is getting the Bill Berry treatment at 5th Avenue Theatre.TRACY MARTIN/COURTESY 5TH AVENUE THEATRE
  Our music critics have already chosen the 52 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from a Molly Moon's Summer Flavor Tasting to a night of comedy with Chelsea Handler, and from the Fr
  
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• Seattle Police investigate midday Monday shooting downtown

  17-06-2019 22:27
  Two people have been detained in connection with a reported shooting in downtown Seattle on Monday. Seattle Police spokesman Mark Jamieson said the shooting occurred near Second Avenue and Pine Street at around 12:30 p.m. Police tweeted that the victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. A K-9 unit is on the […]
  
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• 1 person hurt, 2 detained in midday shooting in downtown Seattle

  17-06-2019 22:27
  The shooting occurred near Second Avenue and Pine Street in Seattle at about 12:30 p.m. Monday.
  
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• N.C. hospital halts complex heart surgeries after spike in children’s deaths

  17-06-2019 22:13
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Complex pediatric heart surgeries will not be performed at North Carolina Children’s Hospital because of an increase in patient deaths. The News & Observer of Raleigh quotes hospital officials as saying heart surgeons won’t do complicated procedures until an outside group can review its practices. The North Carolina Department of […]
  
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• Child death hike halts hospital’s complex heart surgeries

  17-06-2019 22:13
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Complex pediatric heart surgeries will not be performed at North Carolina Children’s Hospital because of an increase in patient deaths. The News & Observer of Raleigh quotes hospital officials as saying heart surgeons won’t do complicated procedures until an outside group can review its practices. The North Carolina Department of […]
  
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• Immigrant Communities Speak Out Against Seattle CityClub’s Anti-Immigrant Fundraiser Speaker

  17-06-2019 22:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ray CaronaJeh Johnson was Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security under President Obama. Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit
  Family detention, a policy revived in 2014 by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, has irrevocably damaged thousands of families, including separating over 2,600 children from their parents or caregivers. Despite this, Seattle CityClub, a supposedly-progressive nonprofit dedicated to civic health in our region, has invited former Secreta
  
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• Kansas boy very lucky to survive knife impaling his face

  17-06-2019 22:09
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 15-year-old Kansas boy got a large knife to the face, and doctors say he’s extremely lucky. Jimmy Russell said her son, Eli Gregg, was playing Thursday evening outside of their home in Redfield, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Kansas City, when she heard him scream. She found […]
  
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• To improve intersection safety, Seattle is giving pedestrians a head start

  17-06-2019 22:00
  The new signals display the walk symbol for three to seven seconds for pedestrians crossing in the street before drivers are given the green light to move forward. The idea is to make pedestrians more visible to drivers.
  
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• Ex-Arizona lawmaker sentenced in fatal Alaska shooting

  17-06-2019 21:50
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A former Arizona lawmaker convicted in the shooting death of a man at a remote cabin site in Alaska is 2016 has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, with 20 years suspended. Mark Desimone showed little expression as he was sentenced Monday. He was convicted last year of first-degree murder […]
  
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• Police: Bodies of mother, son found in area known to suspect

  17-06-2019 21:44
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of an Oregon mother and her 3-year-old son were located in an area that is known to the suspect charged in their deaths. Yamhill County District Attorney Brad Berry said Monday that “really good detective work” led authorities to find the bodies of Karissa and Billy Fretwell […]
  
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• Police: Bodies of mom, son found where boy’s father cut wood

  17-06-2019 21:44
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The bodies of an Oregon mother and her 3-year-old son have been found more than a month after they vanished, hidden in a forest where the boy’s father cut wood, authorities said Monday. “Really good detective work” led authorities to find the bodies of Karissa and Billy Fretwell on Saturday in […]
  
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• His Son Is Sexually Attracted to Pokémon—What Can Dad Do About It?

  17-06-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I am a liberal parent. I raised a daughter who is bi and poly. I always thought that I could accept anything that parenthood might throw at me. I knew that I could embrace my son if he were straight, gay, bi, trans, etc. If there is a controlling consciousness of the universe, it has a nasty sense of humor. Putting it bluntly: My son is sexually attracted to Pokémon. He dropped hints that I didn't really pick up on. But over the last few years, I
  
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• Oregon House proposes oil train fees to fund spill planning

  17-06-2019 21:29
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon House of Representatives Monday passed a bill that would create new fees on oil train cars to pay for spill prevention and planning in the state. The House passed the bill on a 55-3 vote, according to a report by The Oregonian/OregonLive, sending it to the state Senate for […]
  
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• Oregon House proposes oil train fees for spill planning

  17-06-2019 21:29
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon House of Representatives has passed a bill that would create new fees on oil train cars to pay for spill prevention and planning in the state. The House passed the bill on a 55-3 vote Monday, according to a report by The Oregonian/OregonLive, sending it to the state Senate […]
  
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• Idaho group hopes to increase minimum wage by initiative

  17-06-2019 21:19
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A citizens group is launching an initiative drive to raise Idaho’s $7.25 an hour minimum wage. The Idaho Press reports that while Idaho lawmakers haven’t raised the state’s minimum wage in a decade, 26 other states have increased theirs in the last five years alone. That includes 17 that raised minimum […]
  
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• Scientists take a peek behind those sad puppy dog eyes

  17-06-2019 21:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — What’s behind those hard-to-resist puppy dog eyes? New research suggests that over thousands of years of dog domestication, people preferred pups that could pull off that appealing, sad look. And that encouraged the development of the facial muscle that creates it. Today, pooches use the muscle to raise their eyebrows and […]
  
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• Seattle Rapper Dave B's "Window" and "CPU LUV" Are Killer Cuts Off His New Album, Bleu

  17-06-2019 20:50 via thestranger.com
  Plus one more bonus track.by Jasmyne KeimigDave B's Bleu dropped on June 7 and it's really fucking good Courtesy of Big Hassle/Lea Godoy
  Local rapper and musician Dave B dropped his fourth album, Bleu, about a week ago. And it's really fucking amazing.You might recognize him as the winner of MoPOP's Sound Off! in 2013 or from his crooning chorus-singing feature on Macklemore's "Corner Store" alongside Seattle rapper Travis Thompson. Bleu finds Dave B doubling down on what makes him such a stand
  
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• Shooter fires at car after dispute at Oregon gas station

  17-06-2019 20:28
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a car was struck by gunfire following a parking dispute at an Oregon gas station. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a BMW sedan had stopped at gas station in Rock Creek northwest of Portland early Sunday. Washington County Sheriff’s Detective Robert Rookhuyzen says a man drove up to the BMW and […]
  
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• All 7 of Oregon’s public universities will raise tuition

  17-06-2019 20:18
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — All seven of Oregon’s public universities will raise tuition for the 2019-2020 school year, with officials citing increased costs and less money than expected from legislators. The hikes range from 2.33% at Western Oregon University in Monmouth to 9.9% at Ashland’s Southern Oregon University. Gov. Kate Brown had made education a […]
  
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• Idaho universities fall short of Title IX standards

  17-06-2019 20:07
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State data indicates that athletic programs at each of Idaho’s four publicly funded universities fell short of at least one aspect of federal Title IX. The Idaho Statesman reported last week that data submitted to the Idaho State Board of Education in April shows the universities did not meet standards for […]
  
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• Work can start on Central Idaho hiking-biking trail

  17-06-2019 19:33
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that work can go forward on a trail crossing private land that connects the popular central Idaho tourist destinations of Redfish Lake and Stanley. U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale late last week rejected a request by the owners of Sawtooth Mountain Ranch to halt construction of […]
  
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• Judge: Work can start on Central Idaho hiking-biking trail

  17-06-2019 19:33
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Work can go forward on a trail crossing private land that connects the popular tourist destinations of Redfish Lake and Stanley, a judge has ruled. U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale late last week rejected a request by the owners of Sawtooth Mountain Ranch to halt construction of the 4.4-mile (7-kilometer) trail […]
  
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• The 51 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: June 17-23, 2019

  17-06-2019 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffLegendary hip-hop crew Wu-Tang Clan will come to Seattle on Friday for their 36 Chambers 25th Anniversary Celebration Tour.
  This week, our music critics have picked everything from Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, Earl Sweatshirt, and Thundercat to Seattle Men's Chorus: Summer of ’69 to Lucinda Williams. Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips for all of their picks, and find even more shows on our complete music calendar.Found somethin
  
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• Edmonds City Council to vote Tuesday on bridge that’s been debated for years, raised thousands of neighbors’ ire

  17-06-2019 18:45
  Things could get heated in Edmonds on Tuesday as the City Council votes on a controversial connector bridge project that would give emergency vehicles access to the waterfront.
  
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• Edmonds City Council to vote on connector bridge project

  17-06-2019 18:45
  EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) — Things could get heated in Edmonds on Tuesday as the city council votes on a controversial connector bridge project that would give emergency vehicles access to the waterfront. KING-TV reports nearly 7,000 people have signed a petition to try and stop the project because of concerns over the size, views and […]
  
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• Against Air Conditioning

  17-06-2019 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle is one of the least air conditioned cities is the country. Let's keep it that way.by Katie HerzogSeattle is one of the least air-conditioned cities is the country. Let's keep it that way.STEPHEN BRASHEAR/GETTY
  There is no better place to be than the Pacific Northwest... at least for three months a year. From now until October, most of the country will be engaged in a continual battle against swamp crotch—a battle that can only be won by putting your underwear in the freezer or spen
  
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• Southwest Alaska man held on suspicion of attempted murder

  17-06-2019 17:49
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 30-year-old southwest Alaska man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and firing a gun twice at a household member. Alaska State Troopers on Sunday arrested Don White of Nunapitchuk (noo-NAH-pit-chuk) on a boat on the Johnson River outside the village northwest of Bethel. He was held without bail […]
  
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• JFK Library launches app to celebrate Apollo 11 mission

  17-06-2019 17:33
  BOSTON (AP) — The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing with a new app that helps users relive the 1969 launch of the Apollo 11 mission. The free app available now uses videos, images, and audio recordings from the mission that on July 20, […]
  
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• Oregon wildlife officials kill bear after people fed him, took selfies

  17-06-2019 17:32
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials have killed a young black bear that people have been feeding and taking photos with. The Statesman Journal reports state wildlife biologists determined last week that the 100-pound (45-kilogram) male bear could not be relocated because it had grown accustomed to people. Wildlife biologists found the bear eating […]
  
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• Man charged in 1972 killing of Bothell woman released on bail

  17-06-2019 17:04
  Terrence Miller is required to be electronically monitored at his home as part of his release conditions.
  
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• Slog AM: Washington Waterfront Owners Asked to Adopt Decomposing Whale Carcasses, Roughly 2 Million Protest in Hong Kong

  17-06-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamPlease make your home a whale burial ground for the greater good.MISSING35MM/GETTY IMAGES
  Boeing says sorry: The aviation giant apologized Monday for the deaths of the 346 people its faulty aircrafts killed. Executives issued the apologies at the beginning of the Paris Air Show. I've always said that nothing quite gets an air show going like owning up to the deaths of hundreds of people. The 737 MAX, executives said, is on its way to being patched up and fixed, but there's stil
  
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• High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding case

  17-06-2019 15:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is throwing out an Oregon court ruling against bakers who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The justices’ action Monday keeps the high-profile case off the court’s election-year calendar and orders state judges to take a new look at the dispute between the lesbian couple […]
  
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• High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding cake

  17-06-2019 15:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court decided Monday against a high-stakes, election-year case about the competing rights of gay and lesbian couples and merchants who refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings. The justices handed bakers in the Portland, Oregon, area a small victory by throwing out a state court ruling against them and ordering […]
  
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• Trial to begin for couple accused in 2017 shooting at UW during Milo Yiannopoulos speech — victim refuses to testify

  17-06-2019 15:00
  Self-defense or provocation? Two years after the event, a jury will decide whether Elizabeth and Marc Hokoana went to the UW armed and with the intention of provoking anti-fascist protesters at a speech by Trump supporter and right-wing firebrand Milo Yiannopoloulos and wound up shooting and critically injuring one of them.
  
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• ‘I was just doing my job’: Seattle’s Chinese American veterans to receive long overdue honor from U.S.

  17-06-2019 15:00
  The estimated 20,000 Chinese Americans who served in the military during World War II are eligible to receive a Congressional Gold Medal — and Seattle filmmaker Mimi Gan is working on a documentary about their efforts to gain recognition.
  
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• Historic Louisa Hotel, witness to Seattle history and tragedy, opens new chapter as apartment building

  17-06-2019 15:00
  The 110-year-old building offers a glimpse into the past of the Chinatown International District's past: It was the Hudson Hotel and then the Louisa. It held Chinatown’s first bakery, once housed a gambling hall and was the site of the Wah Mee Massacre in 1983 and a fire in 2013.
  
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• Experts hold climate talks in Bonn as pressure to act grows

  17-06-2019 12:30
  BERLIN (AP) — Experts are meeting in Germany for U.N.-hosted talks on climate change amid growing pressure for governments to act faster against global warming. Diplomats meeting in the western city of Bonn starting Monday will focus on resolving issues that couldn’t be agreed upon at last December’s climate summit in Poland. This includes the […]
  
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• Climate talks held as Arctic ice melts, concerns grow

  17-06-2019 12:30
  BERLIN (AP) — Diplomats and climate experts gathered Monday in Germany for U.N.-hosted talks on climate change amid growing public pressure for governments to act faster against global warming. Officials meeting in the western city of Bonn for the June 17-27 talks are focusing on resolving issues that couldn’t be agreed upon at last December’s […]
  
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• Kenya tests woman for Ebola, as Congo, Uganda fight outbreak

  17-06-2019 11:01
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan doctors are testing a hospital patient in western Kenya who has Ebola-like symptoms, as eastern Congo is struggling to control the outbreak and Uganda has reported two deaths from the deadly hemorrhagic fever. The female patient in Kenya is in isolation at Kericho County Referral Hospital where staff took precautions […]
  
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• Kenya patient free of Ebola, as Congo, Uganda fight outbreak

  17-06-2019 11:01
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya remains free from Ebola as test results show that a sick woman does not have the deadly hemorrhagic fever, while neighboring Uganda and Congo battle a stubborn outbreak of the disease. Kenya’s Health Minister Sicily Kariuki Monday announced that a patient isolated at the Kericho County Referral Hospital does not […]
  
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• Kenya investigates patient with Ebola symptoms

  17-06-2019 11:01
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan official says health experts are investigating a hospital patient who has Ebola-like symptoms. Kericho County spokesman Timothy Kimei issued a statement saying the patient is in isolation and the hospital in western Kenya took precautions to ensure minimal contact with staff. It is not clear where the patient came […]
  
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• Overflowing Great Lakes pose new threat for endangered bird

  17-06-2019 07:13
  GLEN HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Peering through a spotting scope mounted on a tripod, researcher Alice Van Zoeren notices a piping plover skittering across a sandy, pebble-strewn Lake Michigan beach and hopping into a nest, swapping places with its mate. “Nest exchange! Did you see it?” Van Zoeren calls to colleagues. Male and female plovers […]
  
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• Progressive climate policy poised to pass in Oregon

  17-06-2019 06:14
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is on the precipice of becoming the second state after California to adopt a cap-and-trade program, a market-based approach to lowering the greenhouse gas emissions behind global warming. Supporters call it the United States’ most progressive climate policy, saying it not only cuts emissions but invests in transitioning the state […]
  
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• Oregon Democrats advance sweeping climate policy

  17-06-2019 06:14
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is on the precipice of becoming the second state after California to adopt a cap-and-trade program, a market-based approach to lowering the greenhouse gas emissions behind global warming. Supporters call it the United States’ most progressive climate policy, saying it not only cuts emissions but invests in transitioning the state […]
  
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• Anchorage airport may raise fees for pilots and businesses

  17-06-2019 06:04
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rates and fees at Anchorage’s city-owned airport may increase soon. The Anchorage Daily News reported Sunday that Merrill Field airport plans to request that the city raise the rates on leases, parking and airplane fuel paid by businesses and pilots. The airport’s new manager says the 90-year-old facility also plans to […]
  
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• Alaska school district has record staff loss for single year

  17-06-2019 06:02
  HOMER, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska school district has lost 86 staff members and administrators so far this year due to resignation, redundancy or retirement. The Homer News reported Thursday that the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District said the employee loss through June 13 is the highest in the years the district has tracked the […]
  
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• Washington lags the country in preschool, and child poverty is growing, new study says

  17-06-2019 06:01
  One of the reasons for so many kids in poverty is policy changes and budget cuts the state made to WorkFirst/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) during the recession, said Julie Watts, deputy director of the Washington State Budget and Policy Center.
  
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• Lakewood police arrest suspect in shooting death of 52-year-old man

  17-06-2019 03:08
  A 38-year-old man was booked into the Pierce County Jail for investigation of homicide and assault.
  
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